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The UK’s world-leading security sector is working with the Government to identify how it might increase support to help contain and control Ebola as the spread of the virus intensifies.

Many of the UK’s 11,500 companies operating in the security sector harbour valuable skills, experience and equipment that are aiding the international response and protecting the many thousands of people working to tackle the spread of the Ebola virus.

Paul Everitt, CEO of security sector trade organisation the ADS Group, commented: “The UK security industry prides itself on innovation and manufacturing some of the best protection and containment equipment in the world. As such, it’s well placed to support the treatment of those who have contracted the Ebola virus, safeguard those treating patients and limit the continued spread of infection.”

Everitt continued: “We’ve already seen some UK companies provide decontamination and scanning equipment, as well as others working to manage Ebola infection from a logistical perspective by way of comprehensive contingency planning and risk assessment procedures. Many other companies are poised to step forward and participate in the international response, offering world class equipment in the form of containment units, infection detection systems, communications infrastructure and much more.”

ADS Group is the UK trade organisation representing the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors

Case Studies of support

Examples of where the UK’s security industry has provided support to date are numerous. For instance, Andover-based Bioquell UK, a world-leader in decontamination and infection control solutions, has provided decontamination equipment to a variety of premises that may have come into contact with the Ebola virus.

Notably, the company was engaged to lead decontamination of the unit in the Royal Free Hospital once William Pooley, the British nurse working in West Africa, was discharged.

Headquartered in Oxfordshire, Westminster Group plc is working with management at the Freetown International Airport in Sierra Leone to deliver all security aspects. In response to the Ebola virus, the company is assisting with the implementation of new medical screening systems to identify passengers that are potentially infected, including the supply of specialist fever screening equipment.

Global Resilience Services in Cheshire is supplying a number of West African countries with specialist decontamination and containment products. The supply of bespoke isolation stretchers with filtration systems has proven to be a critical solution for the safe movement of infected casualties and the protection of medical personnel when they’re taking fluid samples.

*Of the 11,500 companies in the UK’s security sector, 20% are active exporters. Indeed, the UK is the sixth largest exporter of security equipment in the world. The current Government hopes to double the value of these exports by 2020